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Pinsk District (Belarusian: Пінскі раён, romanized: Pinski rajon; Russian: Пинский район, romanized: Pinsky rayon) is a district of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk, which is administratively separated from the district. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 40,741. [1]
Map of the Republic of Belarus. This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor the Russian language makes a distinction between "city" and "town" as English does; the word horad (Belarusian: горад ⓘ) or gorod (Russian: город ⓘ) is used for both.
Pinsk (Belarusian: Пінск; Russian: Пинск, IPA:; Polish: Pińsk; Ukrainian: Пінськ; Yiddish: פינסק) is a city in Brest Region, Belarus.It serves as the administrative center of Pinsk District, though it is administratively separated from the district. [1]
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine, injuring eight people and damaging residential buildings and businesses in several cities. Ukraine’s air force claims to have shot down 65 ...
Air quality in Belarus has been an issue for many years. Belarus is ranked third in the world for death associated with air pollution, 100 of every 100,000 deaths from 2010 to 2012. [13] However, in recent years the quality of the air has been improving by almost 50% according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. [14]
At the top level of administration, Belarus is divided into six regions and one capital city. The six regions are oblasts (also known as voblastsi), while the city of Minsk has a special status as the capital of Belarus. [1] Minsk also serves as the administrative center of Minsk Region. [2]
A 1552 map by Sebastian Münster showing the Pinsk Marshes (Sarmatica palus) next to Pinsk. The Pinsk Marshes (Belarusian: Пінскія балоты, romanized: Pinskiya baloty), also known as the Pripet Marshes (Belarusian: Прыпяцкія балоты, romanized: Prypiackija baloty), the Polesie Marshes, and the Rokitno Marshes, are a vast natural region of wetlands in Polesia, along ...
The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...